Our Divisions

One of our divisions services local jails and other detention centers, another provides care to state and federal prisons, while a third operates state psychiatric hospitals. All three share a common goal: to provide high-quality, compassionate medical and behavioral health services to those who need it most.

Wellpath Local Government(County Jails and Other Community Facilities)

With our dedicated doctors, nurses, mental health providers and other clinical staff working in 394 local detention facilities around the country, Wellpath is responsible for the healthcare needs of more than 130,000 patients. Wellpath provides our local government partners with a staffed managed care model that implements comprehensive, accredited medical and behavioral healthcare programs and services that include offsite hospital contracting and dental. Our goals, on behalf of our local detention clients, are to improve patient care and clinical quality, reduce cost, mitigate risk of malpractice and litigation, and increase stabilization and operational efficiencies in county jails and other local facilities.

Wellpath State & Federal(State and Federal Prisons)

Wellpath employs 1,600 healthcare professionals in its State and Federal behavioral and correctional division. Operating within 147 facilities around the country, Wellpath treats 160,000-plus patients. Wellpath provides our state and federal partners with recruitment and staffing, pharmacy management, integrated EMR, claims adjudication, and mental and behavioral health programming. We serve as a specialized healthcare provider with an intense focus on core competencies. And we work alongside our partners to help project cost as well as offering support in facility accreditation and more advanced behavioral programming.

Wellpath Recovery Solutions(Residential Treatment Facilities)

Wellpath has more than 20 years of experience operating civil and forensic state hospitals, residential treatment facilities, sex offender treatment, and competency restoration programs in California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Texas, and Washington. Wellpath currently cares for approximately 2,800 patients in residential treatment settings. Each of our facilities provide safe, therapeutic environments that foster recovery, trauma-informed care, community partnerships, and continuity of care. With more than 2,500 skilled professionals, this division continues to grow by providing clients with services that meet or exceed performance requirements and standards of care at a lower cost to taxpayers.

Our Services

Medical and Behavioral Healthcare in Jails, Prisons and State Psychiatric Hospitals

Wellpath is the premier provider of localized, high-quality, compassionate care to vulnerable patients in challenging clinical environments. We deliver medical and behavioral health through a family of local and state providers in correctional facilities, state psychiatric hospitals, forensic treatment facilities and civil commitment centers. Wellpath employs nearly 14,000 professionals at 550 facilities in 37 states across America and Australia, caring for more than 270,000 patients each day.